Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Transport and Forestry & Paper sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.31% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were S2M (CS:S2M), which rose 8.94% or 22.80 points to trade at 277.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) added 7.00% or 2.80 points to end at 42.80 and Ciments Du Maroc (CS:SCM) was up 2.64% or 45 points to 1750 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Colorado (CS:COL), which fell 5.74% or 5.10 points to trade at 83.80 at the close. Managem (CS:MNG) declined 3.03% or 50 points to end at 1600 and Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) was down 2.55% or 7.35 points to 280.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 17 to 11 and 4 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.10% or 0.07 to $72.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.52% or 0.41 to hit $79.63 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.30 to trade at $1293.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.04% to 11.1230, while USD/MAD rose 0.02% to 9.4396.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.50.